Georgia Tech NSF ADVANCE Research Program Mary Frank Fox Co-Principal Investigator NSF ADVANCE Site Visit June 2004

I. GT ADVANCE Initiative & Research Program A. The Georgia Tech (GT) Research Program is closely tied to the GT ADVANCE Initiative’s integrated institutional approach. B. The approach emphasizes organizational features and factors that shape positive outcomes through: 1) Organizational climate 2) Clarity/equity of guidelines for evaluation 3) Collaborative networks of opportunity 4) Supportive work-family/household practices C. Aims of Research Program: 1) Help identify and portray what is “at issue” in perceptions, experiences, needs. 2) Provide bases for continuing development of strategies for ADVANCE. 3) Assess change in experiences.

II. GT Survey of Faculty Perceptions, Needs, and Experiences and Experiences A. Assesses perceptions and experiences of faculty in four key areas: 1) Teaching and research 2) Work environments 3) Processes of evaluation 4) Work-family/household arrangements B. Mail Survey: Population of tenured and tenure-track women faculty, and stratified random sample of men in (4) Colleges: Computing, Engineering, Ivan Allen, Sciences. C.Response Rate: 76% of GT faculty: 85% of women (N=91), 70% of men (N=114) D.Aims: 1) Help serve as a means of defining the problem and developing strategies. 2) Provide a base-line toward assessment of change (follow-up to base-line survey to occur in 2005).

III. Face-to-face Interviews, in follow-up to GT Survey GT Survey A.Focus upon: 1) Research: collaboration in research 2) Work experiences: most and least satisfying 3) Distribution of resources: e.g., space, equipment 4) Advancement: understandings of bases/criteria 5) Decision making: participation 6) Academic career: importance of aspects 7) Work-Family/personal life: affects and sense of control B. Sample: 20 women faculty across ranks (junior and senior), four Colleges, and racial/ethnic groups – including three faculty members who have left. C. Aims: 1) Help provide understanding of ways that environment may influence satisfaction, success, advancement. 2) Characterize what is meant by “full participation.” 3) Identify issues of “critical transitions.”

IV. Survey of Peer Institutions A. Focus: areas of GT Survey of Faculty. B.Surveyed: tenured and tenure-track women and men faculty in Computer Science, Engineering, and Sciences (biology; chemistry; earth/atmospheric; math; physics; psychology) in 8 peer institutions. * C. Response Rate: 65% of men (N=332); 65% of women (N=276) D. Aim: Provide comparative context to GT survey/findings. *Population of faculty women in Computer Science, Engineering, and Sciences (except biology and psychology); stratified random sample of women in biology and psychology. Stratified random sample of men faculty in Computer Science, Engineering, and Sciences. Strata = fields within institutions.

V. Interface with and Support of: Promotion and Tenure ADVANCE Committee (PTAC) David McDowell (Regents Professor, Committee Chair) Carol Colatrella (Professor and WST Co-director) A. PTAC Survey B. Development of Case Studies, illustrating areas of potential biases C. Awareness of Decisions in the Evaluation of Promotion and Tenure (ADEPT) – interactive tool to assist in identification of bias